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Editor-in-Chief
Amy Colver, MSSA, MA, LISW, OSW-C

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Katherine Easton, MSW, LCSW, OSW-C

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Brittany Hahn, LCSW

Managing Editor
Patricia Sullivan

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2025 Themes

February: Workplace & Culture
May: Therapeutic Techniques

August: Palliative Care

November: Caregivers 

Introducing AOSW Navigator: Our New Bi-Monthly E-Newsletter

February 1, 2015
KrisAnn Talarico, LCSW, OSW-C

Welcome to the first issue of AOSW Navigator, our new e-newsletter featuring content created for and by AOSW members.
 

Welcome to the first issue of AOSW Navigator, our new e-newsletter featuring content created for and by AOSW members.

Each issue of AOSW Navigator will include information about upcoming AOSW conferences and initiatives, plus insights and practical information from member practitioners and AOSW leadership.

Replacing the weekly posts on the AOSW News BLOG, AOSW Navigator and sister publication, OSW NewsBrief, support AOSW’s mission of providing education, support and resources to its members.

We hope you’ll agree that these new benefits inform your work and bring added value to your AOSW membership. Look for new issues of AOSW Navigator to arrive in your email inbox in February, April, June, August, October and December.

Enjoy the inaugural issue of AOSW Navigator!

About the Author

KrisAnn Talarico, LCSW, OSW-C
Editor in Chief
Clearity
Portland, Oregon
ktalarico@clearity.org
KrisAnn Talarico is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Board-Certified Oncology Social Worker (OSW-C) who lives in Portland, Oregon. She is passionate about improving the lives of patients and families facing cancer, and has been since f...
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KrisAnn Talarico, LCSW, OSW-C
Editor in Chief
Clearity
Portland, Oregon
ktalarico@clearity.org

KrisAnn Talarico is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) and Board-Certified Oncology Social Worker (OSW-C) who lives in Portland, Oregon. She is passionate about improving the lives of patients and families facing cancer, and has been since facilitating her first Women’s Cancer Support Group in 2002. She currently is a Lead OC Counselor with Steps Through OC, a Program of Clearity. Steps Through OC offers 10 sessions of emotional support over a six-month period to women and caregivers coping with ovarian cancer. Previously, KrisAnn was an Oncology Social Worker at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, OR and Seattle Cancer Care Alliance in Seattle, WA. She has also worked for non-profit organizations seeking to advance the level of psychosocial support delivered to cancer survivors through the use of technology, including bringing to life an online Cognitive Behavioral Stress Management program for breast cancer survivors. KrisAnn shares deep appreciation for AOSW and the expert colleagues she has met through our professional association. She has been the Editor of the AOSW newsletter since 2014. 

 

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